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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
DANGERS OF BENZINE.
Why tho Utmost Caro- Should Be Exer
cised In Handling It.

Why the Utmost Caro- Should BE Exer-
cised In Handling It.
Some weeks ago in IL Philadelphia
music printing establishment. while
boy was engaged in cleaning press
with bcnzine, rubbing it with rag,
the fluid blazed up; the lads clothing
caught fire, and he was so severely
burned that his recovery was stated to
be doubtful 1t has been popularity
supposed that flame, or at least tenn
perature equal to the white or red heat
of iron, was necessary to ignite ben
zine, but this is mistake. 1t is
fact little known that hard friction
can develop sufficient heat to
infame benzine vapor, especially
if the surface rubbed be vanished
with shellac. We are informed by
competent and truthful mechanical en-
gineer that few years ago (while try
ing with benzine in closed tin vessel
to construct thermostat to ignite a
powder giving out sulphurous gas in
case of fire outbreak). he found that
the vapor was leaking from minute
crack in seam. Ho requested tim
man to solder the leak, supposing that
a copper soldering tool at dark heat
would nor be dangerous. To his sur
prise and that of the workman, the
vapor ignited. with a blue flame, as
soon as the tool approached near the
crack. and a flame played around the
tool like will-o'- the-wisp. This gen.
tleman several times experimental
afterward and found that at dark
heat the tool did not inflamc the
vapor when at a distance of twelve
inches from the crack. but did always
set fire to it ii within six to four
inches. No matter how small the
crevice, there always came out
enough vapor to ignite at this low de-
gree of temperature. In these trials,
as in the first instance, the tin-man' 8
furnace was kept at considerable
distance. We mentioned q few months
since a case in which this vapor was
ignited by electricity generated in
rubbing flannel garment. which was
being cleaned in q tub of the fluid.
This last occurrence once more em-
phasizes the need of the utmost eau
ton in the handling of benzine in the
securing aud furniture establishments
and printing Offices, in which it is so
generally and extensively made use
of-Fire and Water,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
DANGER FROM CHAMBERS.
A Disease That Is to Be Feared as Much
as SMALLPOX or Cholera.

Disease That Is to Be Feared as Much
as SMALLPOX or Cholera.
The present facilities for transport
ing stock from one part of the country
to another. though favorable to farm
ers in most respects, are productive Of
danger, as they make 1t easy to dis
seminate contagious diseases. An ex-
ample is afforded in the case of gland
ers, which was hardly known in Illi-
nois till horses were brought into the
State from various parts Of the country
in droves and carloads. The disease
has recently become quite common.
and as it is communicable not only 10
horses, but to human beings, and in
the present state of medical science is
pronounced incurable, it is to be feared
like smallpox, yellow fever and Asiatic
cholera. 1t is, in fact. more danger
GUS than either of these diseases, as 1t
spreads during all seasons of the
year, and is generally if not al ways
attended by fatal results. 1t appears
among high-bred horses kept in city
stables and tho wild ponies of the
mountain ranges and the Western
plains. It is believed to have its or
igin in bad treatment, exposure, con-
fincment in filthy qu arters, overwork
and the breathing of vitiated air, any
of which may produce adepraved COLI
dition of the system
1t occurs in two forms, depending
on the parts affected. When in the
Emphatic system it is called farcy,
when in the nasal cavities CHAMBERS.
The former, unless arrested, term
mates in CHAMBERS. Farcy COM
mences with hard swellings in the
Emphatic glands. called farcy
or CHAMBERS boils, which de-
velop into ulcers which dis
charge pus. This condition indicates
incipient CHAMBERS. The disease is gen.
orally marked by three progressive
stages unless the animal dies before
they all appear. In all the stages there
is serious discharge from the nostrils,
more or less liberation, and a cough
like that which is made by one afflicted
with the catarrh. In late stages of the
disease the nasal membrane has q
color like lead, the lips and eyelids are
| swollen. ulcers appear on diff rent
parts of the head. the lungs become
diseased, and the system is feyertsh.
An animal that was in good condition
may contract the disease and live for
many months, being able to work most
of the time, providing it is well fed
and cared for. During this time it
may communicate the disease to sew
eral horses, and even the men who
have charge Of them, through the me-
dunn of the pus that passes from tue
nostrils. - CHICAGO Times,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
Tho BABIES, thumbs.

According to DR.. Berillon, the well.
known French specialist, the practice Of
sucking the thumbs at night, to which SO
many children are addicted, and of which
it is next to impossible to break them, can
be put stop to by single hypnotization,
accompanied, of course, with the requisite
suggestion. The child never by any chance
returns to the habit again, though his
memory retains no trace Of the order or
prohibition which operates so powerfully
IN his will.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

The treatment Of many thousands of cases
Of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Inyalids'
has afforded vast experience in nicely adapt-
ing and thoroughly testing remedies for the
cure Of woman's peculiar maladies.
is the outgrowth. or result, Of this great and
valuable experience. Thousands OF teStfmOs
mails, received from patients and from physi-
clans who have tested it in the more aggra.
their skill, prove it to be the most wonderful
remedy ever devised for the relief and cure Of
suffering women. 1t is not recommended as
"cure-all." but as most perfect Specific for
As powerful, invigorating tonic,
It imparts strength to the whole. system.
and to. the womb and it's appendages in
particular; For s,, S3x,eTWSorked
dressmakers, eeamstresses, "shop. girls, house.
keepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women
generally, DR.. Pierceis Favorite Prescription
ae esos
As soothing and strengthening
nervine, Favorite Prescription" is une.
qualed and is invaluable in allaying and sub.
haustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and
other distressing, nervous symptoms com.
monty attendant upon functional and organic
disease OF the womb. 1t induces refreshing
sleep and relieves mental anxiety and de:
DR.. Pierce's FavOrite Prescription
10 q legitimate medicine, carefully
y an and ska
organization. It is purely vegetable in ite
composition and perfectly harmless in it,
effects in any condition of the system. Fol-
cause arising, weak stomach, indigestion, dys.
pepsia and kindred symptoms, its use, in small
doses, will prove very beneficial.
1Fov0fite PRESCRIPTION" 40 q posi-.
tive cure for the most complicated and OBJ.
stinate cases OF leucorrhca, excessive flowing,
painful menstruation, unnatural Guppressions,
lrolapsus or falling Of the womb, weak back,
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Inflammation and liberation of the womb, in.
Examination, pain and tenderness in ovaries
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from gir1hood to womanhood, "Favorite Pre-.
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e enn Ssn en good results y; T.
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:, aennt.nn LFesSription,"whe taker
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doses Of Dr.. Piercc's Purgative Pellets Iittle
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Fnvorite PrescriptionO is the only
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case, or money will be refunded. This guarsn
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Large bottles goo doseN $l.OO, or sis
For large. illustrated Treatise on Diseases q,
women tl6O pages paper-covered), send teI
cents in stamps. Address, .>- -
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
Mortr,ee Of 1929.

Thirty-three years ago General N. r.
Banks purchased the fine old homestead
in Waltham, Mass, where he has ever since
resided. The seller gave him warranty
deed, in which he covenanted that there
were no encumbrances thereon, and such
was supposed to be the fact until few
months ago, when it was discovered that
q mortgage for $3.50 placed upon the
property in 1922 still stood upon the records
at East Cambridge, undischarged. The
Supreme Court of the State has been ap.
piled to to remove this cloud on the title.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
A Horse who Can Talk!

Everybody has heard of "horse laugh
but who has ever seen an equine gl1ted WIN
che power Of speech. suoh an amman a1 Mo the
telegraph and the telephone have been a
hundred years ago. Why, even very re-
Gently cure for consumption would have
been looked upon as miraculous, but now
people are beginning to realize that the dis
ease is not incurable. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will cure it, If taken IN
time, This worfd-renowned remedy Will
not make new lungs, but it will restore Gus
eased enes to healthy state wnen an otner
fully testify to this. All druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

OLD pill boxes are spread over the land by
the thousands after having been emptied by
suffering humanity What mass of sick
ening, disgusting medicine the poor stomach
has to contend with. Too much strong medi-
cine. Priclly Ash Bitters is rapidly and
surely taking the place of oil this class Of
drugs, and in curing all the ills arising from
disordered condition Of the liver, kidneys,
stomach and bowels.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

Steamboat explosions occur once
now where they occurred five ten
years ago. The employment of pro-
fcssional engineers is attributed rs the
cause of the Improvement Once It
was the custom 10 employ anyone who
could learn the SIGNAL bells
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
Emigrants to the West

Do YOU know what oftentimes awaits you
If unfinished with medicinal protectlon!
water sodden soil on the banks of low lying
streams, unless you are prepared to en-
counter malaria Take with you, or send
for, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, provided
with which you can not only bid defiance to
miasmarb born diseases, but also to affections
of the stomach, liver, bowels and kidneys
1t also nullifes the effects Of exposure to
dampness and fatigue.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
8 AS oLAREs the tiger on his foes,
Hemmed in BY hunters. spears and bows.
And. ere he bounds upon the ring.
Eolocts fhn Ohiect of his spring."

SeIeCtS tHt UpJectU OF a10 0P1f11F' ~ ~.
So disease, in myriad forms, fastens It's
suffer from distressing ailments peculiar to
Prescription. It is positive cure for the
most complicated and obstinate cases OF
leucorrhea, excessive flowing, painful men
situation, unnatural suppressions,, prolap-
sus, or falling of the womb. weak back,
"female Weakness anteyersion, retriever
sion. bearing-down sensations, chronic con-
gestion. inflammation and liberation OF the
womb, Inflammation, pain and tenderness IN =,
oyaries, accompanied with internal neat"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
FRAZER AXLE GREASE will last two -
all others two to three days. Tryit

A NICE, cheap country seat-a stum, 4
1ezas SVtiags. "a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

IT may seem paradodcal, but it is fact
nevertheless, that the man who pursues the
even tenor of his ways never gets OIL bis
bass,-Boston Courier.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

An, THAT Tw1NGEl YOU'RE rheumauc'
HIPS Hair and Whisker Dye, SOC. The best
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

It is only natural, we suppose, that a
tiller of the soil should dress in seedy
manner.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

A PRETTY woman is like mustard plas-
ter. She absorbs all mans attention.
Eustis Lake Region.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

.'How TO be happy, though married.
Get along without hired girL-Syroe'sss
Herald
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

DoN'T disgust everybody by hawking,
blowing and splitting, but use DR.. Sages
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

NATURES most becoming dress-the close
of the day.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

NATURALLY . little yeller-a Chinese
baby.-Norristown Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

The fastest leg is thought to be IL. 81
leg-ram - Waterloo Observer. ~
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

No STRANGER should visit the city with,.ss;i|
smoking Tansilps Punchn Sc. Ciear = v!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest pa,
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists NJ
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

WHEN an elephant has cold his vo,e. 81 q
apt to get tusky. -
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10
The Christian idea of Heaven.

To the genuine Christian who forms
his views from study of the New Tes.
lament and not from his own imagina.
tions, or those of others, heaven is a
faith, and not fancy; country, and
not dream; certainty, and not merely
a possibility; soul.satisfyipg existence,
and not a sleep; continued personality,
and not an absorption into the universe
or into God. It is life finding its roots
in the present, aud not new creation
aud with no recollection of the past; a
society of good men and women, recog-
nizing those whom they had known be.
fore, communing more perfectly than
was possible here, and knowing and Low.
ing all whom they meet; it is employ.
ment without weariness or painful toll ;
life withoutthe shadow of death holi-
ness without temptation or Sin. With
such views the soul still wearing this
muddy vesture of decay" may be cheer
full and hopeful to the last. By cherish
ing such hope of heaven, not on the
ground of personal merit, and yet not
compatible with conscious sin unrepent.
ed, resting upon the immutable promises
of God through Jesus Christ, we may be
made partakers of the holiness of the
saints in light, for we are saved by hope,
"and every man that hath this hope. in
him purifeth himself, even as He is
pure"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10
Fhe Mugwump Cur.

The rugwump cur, let me tell the
Cultivator readers, antedates the mug.
wump voter. He is probably older than
Miss Anthony. He is numerous. He
has no discoverable principles. His only
vocations are to eat aud to shirk respon.
sibility. He is worthless. He is rarely
beautiful, yet he exists and grows, and if
you want to raise muss, just kick him.
He is a great nuisance; but how shall
he be abated? He frequently worries
your stock, not unfrequently kills your
sheep, and may become hydrophobic and
bite your wife or Jersey COW; and yet if
you ask his owner to dispense with such
luxury, you make mortal enemy. 1
believe the best plan is not to say any.
thing to his owner about it. Go about
your own business, and make it your
particular business to cut off that dogs
tail close behind his ears, or else ell his
hide so full of buckshot apertures that it
wont hold together. You say this will
make his owner mad admit that it
will; and mad at you if he discovers
that it is you who did it.
But the dog nuisance is becoming un.
bearable in many localities. All statu
tory provisions have proved failures, and
the best thing ne can do is to adopt
common sense remedy. Any. remedy
specially provided for by law will, if
applied, create even more i'll feeling.
And I wouldn't trade an old eve even
for the friendship of man who persists
in keeping cur worthless to him and
damaging to his neighbors. There are
good, valuable dogs, but like women
that don't gossip, they are not quite all.
It costs many men more to feed their
dogs than to educate their children. We
have too many dogs and anarchists in
this country, and a judicious thinning
ous of both would be good thing. 1t
is pity that dogs don't have hog cholera
Or rplcuropnuemonia.-Southen Cultica-
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10
A Web.FOoted Family.

LEXINGTON GA, July 29.-One Of
the most remarkable freaks in human
nature is observed in the Young family,
of the Salem neighborhood, this county.
Mr.. William Young, who lives near
Salem, a carpenter by trade, was born
with the middle and right fingers of his
right hand together. The joints are
perfect and he finds no Inconvenience
from the peculiar formation Of his hand.
The remarkable part is that his little
baby was born with the same two fingers
grown together. Mr.. Young has nine
brothers who have natural fingers.
Neither his father nor his fathers
brothers had any such freak of nature,
yet their only sister has the identical
fingers grown together. His grandfather
had three fingers on each hand aud three
toes of each foot grown together, and as
far back as he can trace similar malfor.
nations have appeared, but never in
more than one person in each family.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10
David u. Miller.


David NJ. Miller, once of this County,
died near Fort Ogden, Florida, on the
9Th of June after painful sickness. He
was "man among men," He was
soldier of Co. 2. Orr's Rifles and when
his comrades read this announcement
they will drop s. tear of genuine sorrow
at his death. No braver man ever left
this State. On every field in Virginia
he was at his post, fearless Of danger
and ready to lay down his life ON the
altar of his country. On account of his
conspicuous gallantry and his fine physi'
cal constitution he was detailed SIS a
member of the famous corps Of Sharp.
shooters which truly boasted that it
could never be driven back by any single
line of battle. In cold and heat, in rain
or sunshine, hungry and poorly clad he
never failed to be at the post of danger
and duty. He bore charmed life and
came out of the war with a record for
patriotism and courage second to that of
no one who illustrated the devotion and
love of liberty that made the Army Of
Northern Virginia so glorious.
After the surrender he went to Missis.
sippi and Texas and turned his hand to
whatever came in his way. He returned
home and after short while tried his
fortune in Florida and had the prospect
of complete success before him when
death claimed him for its own.
He has gone to his reward in the full
vigor of matured manhood, having done
his duty faithfully in every position to
which God had called him.--Abbeuille
Medium,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10
Wedding Superstitions.

The bride must keep the pins which
fastened her wedding dress.
"Twice bridesmaid, never bride,"
is proverb that needs no comment.
Marry at the time of the moons warn
ing and your good luck will wane also.
If two marriages are celebrated sinul.
taneously one of the husbands will Gle.
Fair or foul weather upon ones we'd.
ding day argues a happy or unhappy
married life.
If girl who is engaged accidentally
lets knife fall it is sign that her lover
is coming.
The girl who steps, accidentally or
otherwise, on a cats tail need not expect
to be married in the same year.
The husband must never take off the
wedding ring; to take it off will insure
him had luck of some kind.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10
Tired of War Lectures and Literature.


Yes, am tired! Tired of the inter.
minable Century articles, tired of the
Lowell lectures on battles, tired of the
war scenes which the Ingenious pen Of
General Giant has depicted-the shar.
ing and promoting of which led that
great soldier to hate the sight of even a
review may not be as severely truth.
full as General Sherman and call war
only another name for cruelty, but
cannot see how any one who, with Mr..
Angel, pities the sufferings of animals,
birds, and even insects, can hear without
shame and DISCUS! of the cruelties
inflicted on soldiers in prison and in bat.
tie. I will not say with General Sher.
man in his speech to the young men Of
Ohio, "Young men war is hell" But
good man who witnesses battle and
serves in hospital for the FIRST time
must feel in such an atmosphere as
clean minded, clean. .mouthed boy is aaid
to feel at his first cigar, first oath, first
glass of liquor, frst night at q low saloon
or brothel. The finer instincts must
shrink and cover with shame.
A battle is not the place poets picture
or historians describe. Fiction ig never
more untrue than when it portrays one.
The Erckman Chatrian novels are an
exception.
They are more realistic than Headley,
Abbott or Scott and all the romancers of
fighting.
The simple fact is that in our day an
advance towards and into battle lacks
the element of grandeur. 1t is the cum
ming of huntsmen or the prowess of
prize fighter that is most evident.
Smoke and dust cover and hide the ad.
vanciug columns.
The benumbing din Of cannon, the
murderous hiss of minnie balls, the shrill
squeal and yell Of the burtling shells,
take the place of brass bands and drum
corps. The latter are at their best at
military musters. They do little TO
cheer heavy and sad marches over
muddy roads, when the feet are soggy
and backs are breaking. But during
battle tae music makers carry manned
men on those bier.like vehicles called
"stretchers," whose ear.piercing and
heart-breakipg discord is made up Of
groans, and on the canvas of which blood
puddles, and through which it oozes. In
most fights the soldier is denied the poor
exhilaration of conscious triumph. Nei-
ther General Meade nor General Lee
was quite sure, at the close of the third
at Gettysburg, which had conquered.
General Meade, at least his officers and
men, were uncertain whether the enemy
had fed or waited to renew or repulse an
attack.